Operations & Plan Directorate has four sections. These are Joint Operations Section, Foreign Affairs and Protocol Section, Joint Plan & Project Section and Communication and Information Technology Section. This Directorate is responsible for following tasks:

• Defence policy, plans and treaty commitments.
• Joint and Combined Operations.
• Counter Terrorism Operations and Training 
• Deployment of Forces in Aid of Civil Administration.
• Disaster Management.
• Activities with regard to Chattogram Hill Tracts.
• Activities with regard to United Nations Mission as well as all deployments outside the country other than United Mission.
• Formulating and implementing the Forces Goal of the Armed Forces.
• Formulating Table of Organization and Equipments (TO&E) as per the Forces Goal as well as procurement and standardization of equipment outside the TO&E.
• Promulgating National Air Defence Plan.
• Coordinating various important national projects including Implementation of Asrayan/ Abashon Project.
• Activities with regard to Communication and information Technology.
• Arranging various Capacity building programme, workshop, seminar etc on disaster management with various stakeholders from home and abroad.
• Counter terrorism Operations and Training.
• Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Operations and Training.
• Nuclear Security and Physical Protection System.